Indian lawyer and Muslim activist

Sir Muhammad Azizul Haque, KCSI, CIE (27 November 1892 – 23 March 1947), also known as Muhammad Azizul Huq or Mohammad Azizul Huque, was a Bengali lawyer, writer and public servant. He studied at Presidency College and University Law College in Calcutta. He worked to better the condition of Muslim people, primarily in the rural farmlands. This led him to work with Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque, Sir Abdulla Suhrawardy, Sir Salimullah and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He remained friends with many throughout his life.

He served, from 1926, on the Bengal Legislative Council, as Education minister for Bengal (1934–1937), as the speaker of the Bengal Legislative *embly (1937–1942), as the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University (1938–1942), as the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom (December 1941 – May 1943), and as the member in charge, on the Viceroy's Executive Council, of the Department of Commerce, Food, Industries and Civil supplies (May 1943–1945).

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Contribution
• 3 Major works
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life and education

Azizul Haque was born on 27 November 1892 in Shantipur in West Bengal, India.

Contribution

Haque was given the *le of Khan Bahadur by the British Government, appointed a CIE in 1937 knighted in the 1941 New Year Honours List, and appointed a KCSI in the June 1946 Birthday Honours List. He subsequently renounced his British honours in protest against the government, on 16 August 1946.

He died at his Calcutta residence on 22 March 1947

Sir Azizul Haque, Order of the Indian Empire Certificate.

Major works

Haque's literary works include:

1. History and Problems of Moslem Education in Bengal (1917)
2. Education and Retrenchment (1924)
3. The Man behind the Plough (1939)
4. The Sword of the Crescent Moon
5. Cultural Contributions of Islam to Indian History
6. A Plea for Separate Electorate in Bengal (1931)

See also

• Govt. Azizul Haque College

References

External links

• The Islamic Review, Surrey, England, p.:331 (Oct. 1942)
• The Islamic Review, Surrey, England, p.:411 (Dec. 1942)
• The Islamic Review, Surrey, England, p.:16 (Nov. 1949)
• Azizul Haque in Banglapedia
• Rabindranath Tagore's letter to Sir Azizul Haque
• Bengal Legislative *embly List